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Organelle
Organelles are structures within the cell that perform specific roles critical to cellular function. Examples of organelles are mitochondria that generate energy, ribosomes that assemble cellular proteins and nuclei that store genetic information.
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JUN 23, 2016Videos
One feature of eukaryotes is a complex endomembrane system, comprised of the various membranes that are suspended inside ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The controversial new procedure to create “three-parent babies” could be approved and available by as early ...MAY 25, 2016Videos
It's common knowledge that in eukaryotic cells, which are cells that have a nucleus and organelles enclosed in membranes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria have long been thought to be the normal engine of a eukaryotic cell and one that was essential for the surv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 10 million people worldwide, yet diagnosis of this devastating disease is often ...APR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Videos
Nature is full of inspiration for scientists and engineers. Discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, magnetotactic ba ...FEB 19, 2016Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe ...Written By: Cassidy ReichDEC 19, 2015Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2015Videos
Ribosomes are located within all living cells and are responsible for the production of proteins. To do this they are ab ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The liquid-liquid phase separation, observed when a crystallization reagent is added to a protein resulting in liquid dr ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 03, 2015Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 18, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 06, 2015Videos
This tour of the cell starts by explaining the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, then explains why ce ...Written By: Robert WoodardJAN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 19, 2015Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 23, 2016
Videos
One feature of eukaryotes is a complex endomembrane system, comprised of the various membranes that are suspended inside
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The controversial new procedure to create “three-parent babies” could be approved and available by as early
...
MAY 25, 2016
Videos
It's common knowledge that in eukaryotic cells, which are cells that have a nucleus and organelles enclosed in membranes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria have long been thought to be the normal engine of a eukaryotic cell and one that was essential for the surv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 10 million people worldwide, yet diagnosis of this devastating disease is often
...
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Videos
Nature is full of inspiration for scientists and engineers. Discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, magnetotactic ba
...
FEB 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Approximately one million people in the U.S. have Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disord
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
DEC 19, 2015
Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
Ribosomes are located within all living cells and are responsible for the production of proteins. To do this they are ab
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The liquid-liquid phase separation, observed when a crystallization reagent is added to a protein resulting in liquid dr
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Are the very systems that are supposed to dispose of cellular waste making it worse? A study at Yale University in New H
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 18, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 06, 2015
Videos
This tour of the cell starts by explaining the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, then explains why ce
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
JAN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 19, 2015
Neuroscience
In order to survive and power the human brain for its millions of functions, neurons in the cerebral cortex need a stead
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim